§ 14-87. Billing

(a) The responsible person may be notified in writing for every month that the establishment generates excessive police calls, including the date, time and type of nuisance activities that generated the calls, and the total amount that those calls will be invoiced.

(b) On a periodic basis, as determined by city council resolution, the responsible person shall be billed a cost recovery fee for each and every excessive police call. Such fee is to be paid by the responsible person.

(1) On a periodic basis, the chief of police shall notify the finance department in writing of the name and address of the responsible person, the date and time of the nuisance activity, the services performed and the police services required, and such other information as may be necessary. The finance department shall thereafter cause appropriate billing of the administrative costs to be made to the responsible person, and shall serve such invoice to the responsible owner in accordance with section 14-86

(2) The invoice shall become final within ten (10) days of being served, unless appealed pursuant to section 14-88. Once a cost recovery invoice becomes final, payment shall be due to the city within thirty (30) days. The invoice shall make reference to the appeal procedures in section 14-88, and shall specify that an unsuccessful appellant shall also be invoiced for all administrative costs of the appeal.

(3) Notice of the assessment of administrative costs shall be provided to the responsible person. The notice shall be given at the time of imposing the assessment and shall specify that the property may be sold after three years by the tax collector for unpaid delinquent assessments. The tax collector's power of sale shall not be affected by the failure of the property owner to receive notice. The assessment may be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary municipal taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for ordinary municipal taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of municipal taxes shall be applicable to the special assessment. However, if any real property to which the cost of abatement relates has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or if a lien of a bona fide encumbrancer for value has been created and attaches thereon, prior to the date on which the first installment of the taxes would become delinquent, then the cost of abatement shall not result in a lien against the real property but instead shall be transferred to the unsecured roll for collection.

(c) The cost recovery fee shall be set by city council resolution.

(Ord. No. 14-01, § 1, 1-7-14 )